The tremors were so violent that the Progenitor-level experts of every faction sensed something was wrong and rushed toward the territory where the rift lay.
By the time Xingmang hurried to the scene with Luo Feng, Yuan, Jin, and the other Lords, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor was already coiled high above the rift's perimeter, its enormous serpentine body hidden amid gray-black mist as it coldly watched the rapidly expanding black fissure.
Some time later, ripples spread through the void one after another, and supremely powerful figures appeared in succession.
Only then did the Mother of Space-Time arrive with the experts of the Innate Primal Chaos Lifeform Faction.
The other Progenitors of Hunyuan Space followed close behind.
Although more than half of Hunyuan Space's fighting strength had gathered here, the atmosphere was oppressively tense.
Previously, all the Progenitors had based their judgments on the rift's original rate of expansion, certain that no fatal danger would arise in Hunyuan Space in the short term and that it could continue to exist safely for countless epochs.
But the sudden, drastic change before them had completely overturned everything they had understood.
Previously, the rift's faint suction had not affected any expert who had broken free of the cage.
But now, the terrifying suction pouring out had undergone a qualitative change and become incomparably powerful. Even a World-Level Hunyuan Life remaining here would be forcibly dragged into the deadly nothingness beyond the rift at the slightest lapse.
Seeing so many experts gathered, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor broke the silence first. Its enormous serpentine body shifted slightly, stirring the gray-black mist. "I was the first to sense the spatial disturbance, and I used the power of the Infinite World to force my way here."
"On the sixth day after my arrival, Xingmang arrived with the Cultivator